Install PHP 8.1 Latest version in CWP control panel
In this tutorial we’ll install most awaited php version in CWP control panel as php switcher. This easy guide will guide you upon how to install PHP 8 easily.
PHP 8.1 comes with numerous improvements and new features such as:
- – Enumerations
- – Readonly properties
- – Fibers
- – Pure Intersection Types
- – never return type
- – First-class Callable Syntax
- – “final” modifier for class constants
- – New fsync and fdatasync functions
- – New array_is_list function
- – Explicit Octal numeral notatio
PHP 8.1 will not support your current php scripts/cms/themes. Check before shifting to php 8.1.
Step 1 :
Building files which are required to compile php 8.1
Centos 7/el7 :
yum install oniguruma oniguruma-devel gcc make gcc-c++ cpp kernel-headers.x86_64 libxml2-devel openssl-devel bzip2-devel libjpeg-devel libpng-devel freetype-devel openldap-devel postgresql-devel aspell-devel net-snmp-devel libxslt-devel libc-client-devel libicu-devel gmp-devel curl-devel libmcrypt-devel pcre-devel sqlite-devel db4-devel enchant-devel libXpm-devel mysql-devel readline-devel libedit-devel recode-devel libtidy-devel libtool-ltdl-devel libwebp libwebp-devel expat expat-devel
Centos 8/stream/el8 :
yum install oniguruma oniguruma-devel gcc make gcc-c++ cpp kernel-headers.x86_64 libxml2-devel openssl-devel bzip2-devel libjpeg-devel libpng-devel freetype-devel openldap-devel postgresql-devel aspell-devel net-snmp-devel libxslt-devel libc-client-devel libicu-devel gmp-devel curl-devel libmcrypt-devel pcre-devel sqlite-devel libdb-devel enchant-devel libXpm-devel mysql-devel readline-devel libedit-devel recode-devel libtidy-devel libtool-ltdl-devel libwebp libwebp-devel expat expat-devel libmemcached libmemcached-devel
Now we’ll build libzip and pcre2 :
Install EPEL :
yum install epel-release
Then install some more dependencies and remove the libzip package :
Centos 7 :
rpm -e --nodeps libzip libzip-devel yum -y install cmake3 cmake zlib-devel --enablerepo=epel
Centos 8 :
rpm -e --nodeps libzip libzip-devel yum install cmake zlib-devel ln -s /usr/bin/cmake /usr/bin/cmake3
Installing Latest version Libzip
from source :
cd /usr/local/src rm -rf libzip* wget https://libzip.org/download/libzip-1.5.1.tar.gz tar zxvf libzip* ## for centos 7 : cd libzip* ## for centos 8 : cd libzip*/ mkdir build cd build /usr/bin/cmake3 .. make && make install
Installing Latest version pcre2
from source :
cd /usr/local/src rm -rf pcre2* wget https://github.com/PhilipHazel/pcre2/releases/download/pcre2-10.39/pcre2-10.39.zip -O pcre2.zip unzip pcre2.zip ## for centos 7 : cd pcre2-* ## for centos 8 : cd pcre2-*/ ./configure make && make install
Install Latest libavif
for new AVIF GD image support:
cd /usr/local/src rm -rf master* libavif-* build-dir wget https://github.com/AOMediaCodec/libavif/archive/refs/heads/master.zip unzip master.zip mkdir build-dir cd build-dir #Run this if you've centos 7/el7: cmake3 ../libavif-main #Run this if you've centos 8/stream/el8 or up: cmake ../libavif-main make make install
Step 2 :
Configuring pkg-config path variables
run the below command :
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/lib64/pkgconfig
After you installed deps and exporting path variable continue to install php 8 with this steps :
mkdir -p /usr/local/php-81 cd /usr/local/php-81 wget http://php.net/distributions/php-8.1.9.tar.gz tar zxvf php-8.1.9.tar.gz cd php-8.1.9 ./configure --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/php --enable-cgi --with-config-file-scan-dir=/usr/local/php/php.d --with-zlib=/usr --enable-mbstring --with-zip --enable-bcmath --enable-pcntl --enable-ftp --enable-exif --enable-calendar --enable-sysvmsg --enable-sysvsem --enable-sysvshm --with-tidy --with-curl --with-iconv --with-gmp --with-pspell --enable-gd --with-avif --with-jpeg --with-freetype --enable-gd-jis-conv --with-webp --with-zlib-dir=/usr --with-xpm --with-openssl --with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd --with-gettext=/usr --with-bz2=/usr --with-mysqli --enable-soap --enable-phar --with-xsl --with-kerberos --enable-posix --enable-sockets --with-external-pcre --with-libdir=lib64 --with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock --enable-intl --with-password-argon2 --enable-litespeed --with-ldap=/usr --with-ldap-sasl=/usr make make install
it will take some time depends on your server speed when it is finished you can check the php version via command :
php -v
eg :
# php -v PHP 8.1.9 (cli) (built: Aug 04 2022 11:09:47) ( NTS ) Copyright (c) The PHP Group Zend Engine v4.0.0-dev, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
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You can significantly reduce the size of your php-fpm binary by stripping debug symbols from it:
# mine shows php-fpm80 but this works for any php version
[root@webhost sbin]# pwd
/opt/alt/php-fpm80/usr/sbin
[root@webhost sbin]# du -csh php-fpm
60M php-fpm
60M total
[root@webhost sbin]# cp php-fpm php-fpm.bak
[root@webhost sbin]# systemctl stop php-fpm80.service && strip php-fpm ; systemctl restart php-fpm80.service
[root@webhost sbin]# du -csh php-fpm
17M php-fpm
17M total
`strip` removes debugging symbols from the binary file. In most cases, the debugging symbols are not necessary unless you intend to debug the php-fpm binary. This means the binary size in RAM is reduced from 60M down to only 17M in RAM… stripped binary uses ~350% less RAM (~3.5x smaller in memory).
NOTE: You can still debug your PHP script with stripped php-fpm!
Everything is fine until installing Install Latest libavif for new AVIF GD image support.
No comando cd libavif-master mostra o seguinte aviso: -bash: cd: libavif-master: No such file or directory
And what happens if you have an alternative openssl (v 1.1.1) and not the provided with Centos 7? Compilation fails due to the new openssl version which is working fine with apache and nginx.
you can use the alternative openssl with php you just need to inform the compiler the opensll path example :
–with-openssl=/path/to/openssl
Thanks @Sandeep but how do I know the right path to my updated openssl? I’ve already tried what you have said but without any success. It fails at the end when compiling the zend module opache (i’m talking from memory but I are almost sure that this was the module causing the problem). May be I was providing a wrong path for –with-openssl but not sure. That’s why I need to know the path to be sure that I’m doing it right.
It shouln’t be like “–with-openssl –with-openssl-dir=/path/to/openssl”? You have used “–with-openssl=/path/to/openssl” and now I’m not sure about the right syntax.
Anyway my doubt is about how to get the right path to be used with the param. I’ve tried “–with-openssl –with-openssl-dir=/usr/local/bin” but it doesn’t worked.
I got this error:
Generating phar.php
/usr/bin/ld: warning: libssl.so.10, needed by /lib64/libssh2.so.1, may conflict with libssl.so.1.1
/usr/bin/ld: warning: libcrypto.so.10, needed by /lib64/libssh2.so.1, may conflict with libcrypto.so.1.1
…
/usr/local/src/php-build/php-8.0.23/ext/opcache/jit/zend_jit.c -o ext/opcache/jit/zend_jit.lo
make: *** [Makefile:496: ext/phar/phar.php] Error 254
I’ve solved problem with libssh2 by adding the ssh2 module to PHP build. But now I have problem with libldap so I believe that I should compile OpenLDAP from source, to get it to use the updated openssl. Problem is that I don’t know how to rebuild OpenLDAP. Can you help with it?
hi you can install the devel package like :
yum install openldap-devel
Thanks. I’ve already tried that. Finally CWP compiled PHP 8 without problems but unfortunately it’s not already being installed and available into the selector. At the end it displayed problems with some messages like this one:
shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory
I’m not sure about what more can I try. Can’t get PHP updates since I installed updated openssl into Centos 7. Any other idea?
Thanks in advance
Why CWP’s PHP updates stop working after install a custom openssl? Can’t this be solved in CWP to allow newer openssl than the one bundled with Centos 7?
I’ve also tried to upgrade to Centos 8 and Centos stream, but it fails completely.
it is not recommend to update the openssl in el OS it can break many things.
“it is not recommend to update the openssl in el OS it can break many things.”
I know. But I’ve not replaced the bundled openssl in the OS, I’ve only compiled it from source and I’ve used it with apache and nginx without any problem. It’s with PHP where the problem comes. The same that I’ve used a custom path to compile nginx and apache it should be some way to do it with updated PHP, but however CWP php-fpm switcher fails in the compilation with messages I’ve previously posted here, with complains about getcwd parent directories.
So, What could it be the solution to solve PHP updates in CWP if there is two openssl versions installed on system? There is not any way to force the use of one of them? I’ve compiled apache and nginx from source to use openssl 1.1.1 without any problem, so it should be the same for PHP, isn’t it?
It could be very useful if you can publish a guide about this issue and how to solve it. Regards,
checking for res_search… no
checking for __res_search… yes
checking whether strptime() declaration fails… yes
checking whether arc4random_buf is declared… no
checking for Argon2 support… yes
checking for libargon2… no
configure: error: Package requirements (libargon2) were not met:
Package ‘libargon2’, required by ‘virtual:world’, not found
Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.
Alternatively, you may set the environment variables ARGON2_CFLAGS
and ARGON2_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.
[root@cp php-8.1.0]# make && make install
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
[root@cp php-8.1.0]#
can help me problem install php 8.10 sandeep
Alternatively, you may set the environment variables ARGON2_CFLAGS
and ARGON2_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.
[root@vze php-8.1.0]# make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
[root@vze php-8.1.0]# make install
Pkg-config are intended to build to update env and lib paths. I’ve test all before publishing.
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Package expat-2.2.5-4.el8.x86_64 is already installed.
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check the powertools repo is enabled for centos 8 (recommend to upgrade to stream)
https://www.uxlinux.com/convert-centos-8-to-centos-8-stream-install-cwp-control-panel-in-centos-8-stream/
yes, I know, but others don’t know, we have already had this topic (test it and only then publish it) beginners do not know as well as we do!